CHRIS OCHAYI & CALEB AYANSINA
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), at the  weekend, disclosed that about 252 people lost their lives in road crashes across the country during the festive period.
This figure covers December 19 to 31, 2013, with the projection of 15 percent reduction in auto-crashes this year.

The Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Osita Chidoka, who disclosed  this during a press conference, in Abuja, noted that although the Commission’s  calculation for the festive period was still on, the 2013 road accident casualty  increased with 108 compared to the 244 recorded in 2012.

Chidoka  maintained that the total number of road crashes in the period under review was 461, with 1,438 people injured.
According to him, 788 vehicles were involved in auto crashes  with 1,519 people rescued alive.
He further revealed that 1,013 offenders were during the period arraigned in mobile court, 867 out of them were convicted with fines, and 146 the discharged and acquitted.